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Sydney Symphony 2008 Italy Tour

The Sydney Symphony’s Italy tour represented the culmination of Maestro Gianluigi Gelmetti’s five years as the Orchestra’s Chief Conductor and Artistic Director.

The tour saw a full-strength Sydney Symphony of 92 musicians performing 8 concerts over 11 days at some of Italy’s most prestigious festivals and performance centres.

Italy Tour Itinerary
Monday 29 September: MERANO
Settimane Musicali Meranesi Festival
Program 1

Tuesday 30 September: MILAN
Auditorium di Milano
Program 1

Wednesday 1 October: TURIN
Lingotto Concert Hall
Program 1

Friday 3 October: SIENA
Chiesa di Sant’Agostino
Program 2

Saturday 4 October: CASERTA
Cortile dei Serici – Belvedere di San Leucio
Program 2

Monday 6 October: ROME
Teatro dell’Opera
Program 2

Tuesday 7 October: MODENA
Teatro Comunale
Program 3

Thursday 9 October: VERONA
Teatro Filarmonico
Program 1


Italy Tour Program
During the 2008 Italy Tour, the Sydney Symphony performed a range of major orchestral works.

  • RAVEL, including La Valse, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Pavane pour une infante défunte and Bolero.

    This program documented Maestro Gelmetti’s special relationship with, and expertise for, the music of this French master and reflected a two-week project on Ravel that featured prominently in the 2008 Sydney Symphony season.
  • BEETHOVEN, Symphony No.7
  • LIM, The Compass

This work by contemporary Australian composer Liza Lim, was commissioned from the Sydney Symphony’s recent Composer-in-Residence, Australian Liza Lim (born in 1966 in Perth, Australia). The work featured a Didgeridoo solo performance by outstanding Australian indigenous musician William Barton.

The Sydney Symphony performed three different programs on its Italy Tour:

Program 1
RAVEL: La valse
LIM: The Compass
RAVEL: Alborada del Gracioso
RAVEL: Pavane pour une Infante Defunte
RAVEL: Bolero

Program 2
BEETHOVEN: Sinfonia n. 7 in A op 92
RAVEL: Alborada del Gracioso
RAVEL: Pavane pour une Infante Defunte
RAVEL: Bolero

Program 3
RAVEL: La valse 
LIM: The Compass
BEETHOVEN: Sinfonia n. 7 in A op 92

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